Megalinus hayashii ( Bordoni, 2002 )

ZHOU, YU-LINGZI, BORDONI, ARNALDO & ZHOU, HONG-ZHANG, 2013, Taxonomy of the genus Megalinus Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Xantholinini) and seven new species from China, Zootaxa 3727 (1), pp. 1-66 : 39

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3727.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBFEDD52-94FA-4AC9-93BB-BE6101BB1B31
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scientific name	Megalinus hayashii ( Bordoni, 2002 )
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Megalinus hayashii ( Bordoni, 2002) View in CoL

Bordoni, 2002: 650 ( Lepidophallus ; Type locality: China, Yunnan, Yulong Shan, 15 km NW Lijang; collected by Y. Hayashi; 5- 6.VII.1995); Bordoni, 2003c: 268 (Yunnan); Bordoni, 2007b: 70 (catalog; Yunnan); Bordoni, 2008: 58 ( Megalinus ; species list of Megalinus ).

Type material: male, with labels as follows: “ PARATYPUS, Lepidophallus , hayashii n. sp., Bordoni det. 1997” / “ CHINA: NW-Yunnan, 15km N Lijiang , ' 2600–2800m,' 6.7.1994, leg. Schillhammer (15)” ( NMW) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Remarks. This species could be distinguished from its congeners by: 1) body dark brown with lighter colored antennae and tarsi; 2) temples slightly dilated; 3) frontal and anteocular furrow superficial; 4) the impunctate longitudinal median band with the width of 0.25 mm; 5) interspaces between punctures 2–3 punctures’ diameter; 6) admedian row on pronotum of 16–17 punctures, mixed with some smaller punctures besides; 7) mesoscutellum covered with obvious polygonal reticulum; 8) each side of elytra bearing 9–10 rows of small punctures; 9) paired rows of larger spines in 4/5 part of inner sac.